Overall, 87 percent of our students receive some type of financial assistance – which includes state, federal and University awards. Is Clemson a state funded school? As a state-supported, land-grant institution, Clemson is present in every county across South Carolina and plays an integral role in the state’s growth. Is […]
Established in 1998, Cardozo’s LLM program is known for its innovative programming, flexibility, rigorous scholarship, and for producing passionate advocates. Cardozo Law offers students a stimulating educational experience, rooted in the values of ethics, public service, and scholarship. Is Cardozo law school good? Yeshiva University (Cardozo) is ranked No. 52 […]
While a Jew by birth may not marry a mamzer, a convert can. Converts can become rabbis. For instance, Rabbi Meir Baal Ha Nes is thought to be a descendant of a proselyte. Rabbi Akiva was also a very well known son of converts. Can a rabbi marry a convert? […]
Ministers, rabbis, cantors, priests and other religious officials who work as leaders of religious organizations are entitled to have some of their income excluded from taxation. In particular, the amount spent on housing and furnishing the home is excluded from income taxation. This is called parsonage. Do synagogues pay taxes […]
Rabbinically prohibited relationships In addition to the relationships biblically prohibited to Jews, rabbis have gone further to prohibit additional relationships with various blood relatives or in-laws. Can a rabbi marry you? However, while many Reform rabbis have conducted such ceremonies, they were nevertheless expected to have married within the faith […]
Rav or Rab (Hebrew: רב) is the Hebrew generic term for a teacher of Torah or other spiritual guide. For example, Pirkei Avot (1:6) states that: (..) Joshua ben Perachiah says, ″Set up a teacher [RaB] for yourself. Does Rav mean rabbi? Rav. “Rav” is the Hebrew word for “master.” […]
Cantorial students have the opportunity to share classes with students in the Rabbinical Program and in our graduate Jewish Education Program. Are cantors ordained? Today, however, cantors do more than sing and lead prayers; they are ordained clergy who preside over a host of life events including weddings, funerals, bar […]
Although according to Torah law a man may marry more than one wife, under a ban (herem) issued by Rabbenu Gershom (Rabbi Gershom ben Judah Me’or Ha-Golah, c. 960–1028) in the eleventh century, a husband could not take an additional wife unless he divorced his first wife or she died. […]
Modern synagogue leadership In individual religious congregations or synagogues, the spiritual leader is generally the rabbi. Rabbis are expected to be taught in both the Talmud and the Shulkhan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law) as well as many other classical texts of Jewish scholarship. What is the top of a […]
Some students commute from as far as Coventry, Warwick and Providence. Are there more commuter students at URI than students who live on-campus? On average, there are usually about 6,000 undergraduate students who commute daily to classes out of 11,000 total undergraduates. How do you tell if a college is […]
between $20,000 and $25,000. No question about it—seminary in Eretz Yisrael is expensive. The expense isn’t simply a matter of seminary administrators lining their pockets: the cost of running a full service institution can be surprisingly high. Be that as it may, the full price of seminary tuition is between […]
What is seminary training? It is a program of study that includes Bible, theology, church history, philosophy, biblical languages, preaching, leadership, administration and other subjects that lead to a graduate degree. What does it mean to go to seminary school? a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., […]
In 2018, the Israel Democracy institute estimated that the Haredim comprised 12% of Israel’s total population, and just over 15% of the Jewish population. Is Haredi the same as Hasidic? Present-day Hasidism is a sub-group within Haredi (“ultra-Orthodox”) Judaism, and is noted for its religious and social conservatism and social […]
In Israel, if you’re Jewish, even if you’re not religious, you have to be divorced by Jewish law. But rabbi-judges cannot decree a divorce. Can a Rabbi remarry? However, since a woman cannot be married to two men and must receive a bill of divorce according to Torah law in […]
For those who aren’t aware, tattoos are considered haram (forbidden) in Islam. There is no specific Islamic verse outlining this point but many people believe wudu (the purification ritual) cannot be completed if you have a tattoo on your body. Can tattoos be halal? Muslim scholars unanimously agree that permanent […]